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April 6, 2009

On April 6, 2009, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307. The year's #1 song was "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas. Shaylee Mansfield, Valentina Tronel, Maddox Batson would arrive in the same year.

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2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.

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What happened

On April 6, 2009

  1. 2009 A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

    Earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy

    An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy, at 03:32 CEST on 6 April 2009. 3 on the moment magnitude scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage. 5.

Arrivals

Born on April 6, 2009

Shaylee Mansfield 2009– American actress (born 2009)
Valentina Tronel 2009– French singer (born 2009)

Farewells

Died on April 6, 2009

J. M. S. Careless Canadian historian (1919–2009)
Shawn Mackay Australian rugby union footballer

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The class of 2009

Others born in 2009

Shaylee Mansfield 2009– deaf American actress and YouTuber
Valentina Tronel 2009– French child singer
Maddox Batson 2009– American singer and songwriter
Owen Cooper 2009– English actor
Antonio Arena 2009– Italian footballer
YaYa Gosselin 2009– American actress

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